Two British heavyweights, both young, one especially so, and both going in different directions. Last night, in Bolton, Nathan Gorman made his ring return.
Well, it might not have been the fight of the night (as some, this writer included, had said it could well be), but the three round heavyweight slugfest Fabio Wardley and Nathan Gorman engaged in last night as they fought for the vacant British heavyweight title was plenty enjoyable while it lasted.
Dillian ‘The Body Snatcher’ Whyte (29-3, 19 KOs) came out with a miracle 12-round majority decision victory over the speedy Jermaine Franklin (21-1, 14 KOs) on Saturday night in their lottery fight to earn a mega-payday against Anthony Joshua at the OVO Arena in London, England.
Dillian Whyte (29-3, 19 KOs) won an unpopular 12-round majority decision over Jermaine Franklin (21-1, 14 KOs) on Saturday night in their clash on DAZN at the OVO Arena in Wembley, London, England.
In stark contrast to last weekend’s boxing schedule, this weekend’s stack of fights is massive. Indeed, even for the most hardened of hard-core fight fans, it will be a tough job absorbing all the action.
Joe Bugner-Henry Cooper
Lennox Lewis-Gary Mason
Brian London-Joe Erskine
Danny Williams-Mark Potter
Tyson Fury-Derek Chisora
Above are just a few examples of big-fight match-ups that captured the attention of the great British public in a big way.
British middleweight champion Liam Williams (23-2-1, 18 KOs) is chomping at the bit to challenge Demetrius Andrade for his WBO 160lb title following his first-round knockout win over journeyman Andrew Robinson (24-5-1, 7 KOs) on Saturday night at the BT Sport Studio, Stratford.
Boxing returns once more to the BT Studio tomorrow night at 7pm on BT Sport 1. In the headline fight, Liam Williams defends his British title against mandatory challenger Andrew Robinson.
The big punching Daniel Dubois (12-0, 11 KOs) used his size and power to wear down and stop Nathan Gorman (16-1, 11 KOs) in the fifth round to claim the vacant British heavyweight title on Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, England.
GEORGE FOREMAN HAILS DANIEL DUBOIS’ POWER – HEAVYWEIGHT boxing legend George Foreman insists Daniel Dubois is the future of the heavyweight division.